Along the way you come across the girl from the beginning who is unhelpful. You are forced to make your way through the ship to find an escape pod as the ship is soon going to crash. I did not notice a health bar but when hit by a combat mech or standing in fire, the screen turns reddish to indicate damage. Holding “X” down for a stun charge or “X+A” for wide area attack while “RT” to block and “LS+A” for evade movements help during combat. Besides having a force shield that blocks bullets for a short duration, you have a staff that allows for quick and heavy attacks.

You eventually get to recover your weapons and get a taste of combat with combat mechs. But it’s quite possible that the character is intended to move quickly. I did feel a little disconnected when the camera panned back for a distant 3rd person view when scaling obstacles as the character moves a little bit too quickly.

Graphics are top notch in both cut scenes and within the game with very detailed colorful environments. He moves around pretty quickly and the standard movement controls apply. Your character almost feels ape-ish/monkey-ish with a small flowing piece of cloth that looks like a tail. You notice a girl escaping from her pod and soon there after the ship’s hull gets breached causing damage to your pod that allows you to walk free. The story starts with you stuck in a pod on a prison ship where prisoners are graded ‘A’ or ‘B’ and controlled by the mothership using a slave headband mechanism. So after a quick 1GB+ download, I put the game through its initial paces. You get to experience around 15 minutes of introductory game play. Those without PS3s have an opportunity to download the Enslaved demo today from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

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